Political campaign signs are exempt from many of Tucson's sign code requirements, but there are rules.

When Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian famous for helping raise the flag at Iwo Jima, returned to Arizona after World War II, he couldn't vote.

A former student opened fire Thursday afternoon in a computer lab at a Phoenix community college, wounding three people, one critically, authorities said. A man suspected of being the shooter was later taken into custody.

Fifteen youths on the West Side are devoting their summer vacations to figuring out how to spend $25,000 in city youth services funding.

Five men were in critical condition at University Medical Center Thursday afternoon after a rollover on Interstate 10 east of Houghton Road.

A man whose mummified body was found in the bathtub of a rental cottage in February has been identified, authorities said.

More than 200 teens from 25 high schools across Southern Arizona will gather on the University of Arizona campus this Monday.

Tucsonans will be saying, "Hello, Dolly," this weekend when the remnants of the hurricane passes over the area starting Friday night, according to the National Weather Service in Tucson.

A 54-year-old South Tucson woman was attacked by a loose pit bull in a trailer park Friday morning.

PHOENIX - A man arrested in the shootings of three people in a computer lab at a Phoenix community college had lost a fist fight to his alleged intended victim last year, a police detective said Friday.

A recent decision by the U.S. Army to speed delivery of advanced missiles, robots and unmanned aircraft to infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan could be a boon to Arizona defense contractors.

A Missouri surgeon who was banned by a federal judge from taking part in executions by lethal injection in his home state apparently participated in Arizona's most recent execution.

The Tucson International Mariachi Conference is starting to adopt business practices after operating for a quarter-century primarily as a fundraiser for La Frontera social services center - and struggling the past four years.

Grass will grow at some metered parking spaces downtown and in the University of Arizona area Sept. 19 as Tucson joins cities around the world in taking National PARK(ing) Day to the streets.

Mesa police spent an estimated $5,700 in overtime for officers during a two-day sweep by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in late June.

YUMA - More than two dozen manhole and water-valve covers have been stolen from San Luis streets over the past month, and officials are concerned about the safety hazards of the gaping holes.

With just more than two weeks before school starts Aug. 11, Tucson Unified School District's governing board appointed three school leaders at a special meeting Wednesday.

Reid Park Zoo had more visitors last fiscal year than it has had in its history, a zoo news release said.

Tucson police have arrested a man they suspect in a July 17 knife attack at a city bus stop in the 3500 block of East Grant Road.

Three free back-to-school immunization clinics for youths 4 to 18 years old are being offered by El Rio Community Health Center, a news release said.

Frank Antenori has been around the block a few times - and his block stretches from southern Arizona to Saudi Arabia by way of Afghanistan, Iraq and Swaziland.

Sharon Collins - a former teacher and current associate state superintendent of education with 10 years of working in Arizona's education system - puts schools atop her issues list.

An unexpected burst of winter snow and rain filled Salt River Project's reservoirs with water to spare, but a dry spring kept 2008 from breaking any records.

Compiled by Frank Albertini. For information, 573-4561.

The planet Saturn may be the first and most spectacular sight through a telescope on a star party night.

An autopsy report this week shows a man found in an East Side town house last month died of a drug overdose.

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